Inside the House

Sunshine of pleasant faces.

       Nevertheless in the city it is not so much the location or anything of the exterior that has to do with happiness so much as it is the inside of the house. Outer sunshine is important there, of course; but the sunshine of gentle manners and pleasant faces is more important still, and the social enjoyment of friends that is to be had in the city is something that is impossible anywhere else for a length of time. The large rooms, the airy sleeping rooms, the hot and cold water and gas, the bath at any hour of day or night, the physician at telephone call, comfortable conveniences for getting about, cheap means of reaching some of the most superb gardens of the world, such as Druid, Fairmount, Prospect, and Central and Franklin parks; all these things add a great deal to the enjoyment of life.

 Learn the necessary rules of etiquette Victorians learned

 in order to engage in pleasant social encounters.

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